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Goose Island Christmas Ale

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alc./vol:
7.3%

Proof:
14.6°

Vintage:
Non-vintage

Aged:
No age statement

Category: Christmas beers & winter ales

Product of: Product of United States United States

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Released each year and available throughout November and December, Goose Island’s Christmas Ale is brewed with Pale, Munich and Caramel malts but the hop varieties used are changed for every new festive season.

Review and Tasting

Sampled on 24/12/2014

Appearance

(sample 2012 vintage, best before 11-May-12) Cloudy, deep, chestnut reddy-brown with thin off-white head and spotted lacing.

Aroma

Brown bread, molases, pine hops, toasted malts and mocha coffee.

Taste

Toasted bready malt, bitter spruce hops, mocha coffee and clove spice.

Aftertaste

Bitter spruce needle, toasted nutty malt with nutmeg and cloves. A big beer with a high alcohol content, but balanced and surprisingly quaffable.

Further product information

Barcode UPC: 7 36920 11327 7
Bottle Size: 700 ml
Closure: Crown cap

More about Goose Island Christmas Ale

Winter and Christmas beers

Beers have long been specifically brewed for consumption over the winter months, and such beers given a Christmassy theme are becoming more commonplace.

Produced by Fulton Street Brewery (Goose Island)

First launched as the Goose Island Clybourn Brewpub by John Hall in 1999, the pubs position just one block from Chicago’s Wrigley Field Baseball Stadium and the craft beer...

Owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev

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UK distribution by James Clay (Broom House Investments Ltd)

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